Solar Associate

Published on: July 10, 2014

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Astrum Solar Published: July 10, 2014
Location
Washington , D.C.
Skill Level
Mid Level, Mid Level
Job Type
Full-time
Categories
Energy
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Description

~ Quickly Growing Solar Firm Seeks Smart, Entrepreneurial, Green-minded Talent ~ 

Astrum Solar is a funded high-growth company whose goal is to spread solar power to rooftops across the US targeting residential customers. We aim to innovate in the sales and marketing of solar to consumers and make it easy and exciting for homeowners to go solar. 

Position Overview 

We are looking for energetic, intelligent, and entrepreneurial individuals passionate about solar energy to join our quickly growing team.

Note: Previous Associates hail from Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, Duke, UVA, Cornell, and Rice and are now managers at Astrum Solar or have moved onto Business, Law, and Graduate School.


This position is a modest-pay, high potential position for someone who is interested in the following:
 

  • A career in the quickly growing solar industry.
  • A company culture that values idealism and "doing well by doing good," but at the same time takes a realistic, for-profit approach to scaling cleantech.
  • Learning about how to start, grow, and scale a business by participating in a sophisticated, well funded startup.
  • A variety of experiences - from sales to marketing to operations to policy work.
  • An opportunity to grow rapidly as the company grows. 

Drawbacks to the job: 

  • Unstructured - you will have plenty of work and plenty of interaction with others, but you need to be entrepreneurial. We are also looking for ideas from you, if you come up with something, you will be encouraged to pursue it. 
  • Modest pay - If you are looking for a nice paycheck, this job is not for you. However, the lower pay is temporary (6-12 months). As the company grows, your responsibilities and pay will also grow.
  • Menial tasks - we are looking for highly intelligent folks who will find some of the work quite menial (i.e. paperwork, or sitting at a government office waiting for a permit). However, it's a startup, so everyone is doing that sort of work, and there will be a wide variety of work, from menial to creative, from administrative to strategy. As the company grows and you become more senior, the sophistication level of the work will also increase. We are NOT looking for a secretary or a clerical worker. 

Qualifications 

  • This position is perfect for someone with 1-3 years of work experience after finishing from a top-tier institution, who is green minded and eager to learn, and who is willing to trade salary for a rewarding experience and fast growth potential.
  • This is NOT an internship: we are hiring full-time employees who we plan to invest into and who can grow with the company. We are looking for promise and passion. 

To Apply 

  • Please click below: "Apply Here!" 
  • In your cover letter, make sure to include your work preferences and salary needs.

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